Letter: Don't waste money on airport that few use

It's hard to believe, but there it is right in front of us in a front-page article in the Oct. 22 Herald Times, where (Manitowoc County Executive) Bob Ziegelbauer is quoted as saying about the airport: "We won't allow it to go under."

In insisting on keeping the airport going the evidence is clear: Bob Ziegelbauer is a socialist. Bob is not the usual kind of socialist, but is what is called a "Lemon Socialist," which Wikipedia says has historically been "Socialism for the rich and capitalism for the poor."

Bob has said all along that the county doesn't have extra money to pay other service costs that people need and that his budget is "tight." But suddenly he can find money to prop up a failing business that other businesses have stopped using. He says in his Oct. 24 column that his budget for next year "again holds the line on taxes." The paper says that the county budget for 2014 already is going to spend $163,000 on an airport that few people can use and still fewer businesses are choosing to use.

What other programs will Bob choose to cut to pay for this hobby for the rich? Should taxpayers have to subsidize their expensive hobby when our economy is still hurting here in Manitowoc?

Michael J. Kelley

Manitowoc

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Letter: Don't waste money on airport that few use

It's hard to believe, but there it is right in front of us in a front-page article in the Oct. 22 Herald Times, where (Manitowoc County Executive) Bob Ziegelbauer is quoted as saying about the

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